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the poor law gave assistance to people who were unable to work in the form of food, money or clothing. The assistance was given in the parish level.
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allowed the return of people to their former settlementof res9dence if they had deficient resources
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Alms houses were facilities for poor or abandoned children
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Charles Loring Brace formed this society to rescue homeless children who were on the streets of New York City. The Children's Aid Society would sent children to Christian homes
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It was formed in New York City after a visitiing nurse demanded the same intervention for child abuse that would be given to an animal in the same circumstances. The child who was being abused was called Mary Ellen
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Jane Adams established Hull house- Settlement houses for immigrants.
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Jane adams was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize
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Franklin D. Roosevelt became president, millions of people were unemployed (Roosevelt hired 3 Social Workers Harry Hopkins, Francis Perkins as the first woman of secretary of labor and Jane Hoey to help him with the new deal administration)
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the president created a Committee on Economic Security, Harry Hopkins was asked to run the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration (TERA) and he became the first chief of FERA (Federal Emergency relief Administration)
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Harry Hopkins worked in the Works Project administration. The purpose of WPA was to give wages to people who were unemployed at that time
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basic document of the American social welfare system (unemployment, workers compensation, old age etc) Jane Hoey became Director of the Bureau of Public Assistance within the Social Security Administration.
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Fair labor Act meant 40hrs a week, no child labor, safe factory conditions)
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1940%u2019s New Deal Legislation
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Civil Rights Movement and the war on Poverty
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1974 The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act- provided limited funding to states to treat, prevent and identify child neglect and abuse
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The Indian Child Welfare Act- Strengthens the role of tribal governments in determining the custody of Indian children
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The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act- to prevent out-of-home placement programs were established in order to serve children better at their homes
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The Family Preservation and Support Initiative- gave funding to states to support planning services and family preservation
